Indiana
Suspect arrested in connection with 1996 southern Indiana cold case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A suspect has been arrested in a 29-year-old cold case, according to Indiana State Police.
Then-Detective Delmar Gross began an investigation in 1996 after a woman stated she was raped in Austin, Indiana.
The victim provided a name she believed belonged to the culprit. DNA analysis, however, confirmed that the suspect was not the perpetrator.
In June of 2025, an Indiana State Police forensic scientist notified Gross, now a lieutenant in the investigative division, that new DNA technology and techniques successfully identified a close genetic relative of the original suspect profile.
This led to follow-up interviews that identified 53-year-old Sammy Wayne Riley of La Follette, Tennessee, formerly a Scott County resident, as the suspect.
With the help of the Scott County Prosecutor’s Office, additional DNA samples were collected and analyzed, and an arrest warrant was requested and eventually issued on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
Investigators learned that Riley had returned to Indiana for family reasons and took him into custody on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Riley is being charged with rape committed by using or threatening the use of force.
He is currently being held in the Scott County Jail.
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Saturday, May 30, 2026 12:14AM
HIGHLAND, Ind. (WLS) — Police are searching for a missing man with autism who was last seen riding a bicycle near his home in Northwest Indiana.
Brody Shelton, 21, was last seen around noon Thursday near Laporte Street and Johnston Street in Highland, Indiana, officials said.
Indiana State Police have issued a Silver Alert as the the search for Shelton continues.
He is 5 feet 2 inches tall, 155 pounds, brown hair with brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a beige and green sweatshirt, and riding a blue/green Huffy mountain bike, police said.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Highland Police Department at 219-838-3184 or 911.
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(The REPORTER) — The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 10, regarding a proposed corridor improvement project on State Road 32 in Hamilton County.
The hearing will provide an opportunity for the public to interact with the project team, review the features of the proposed roundabout project, and provide official public comment. Project documents are available for review at improvetomove32.com.
The project area is between East Street in Westfield and River Road in Noblesville. The proposed project includes adding lanes to accommodate two lanes in each direction, removing all traffic signals within the project limits, and constructing roundabouts at the following intersections with SR 32:
- Carey Road/Grassy Branch Road
- Gunther Boulevard
- Shady Nook Road
- Moontown Road/Gray Road
- Pebble Brook Boulevard
- Hazel Dell Road/Little Chicago Road
- Mill Creek Road
The hearing will take place at Prairie Waters Event Center, 4180 Westfield Road, Westfield. Doors will open at 5 p.m. to allow the public to view displays and talk with the project team. A presentation will be given at 5:30 p.m., with a public comment session held directly after. INDOT is offering livestreams of all public meetings and hearings. You must register here in order to participate in the livestream. Livestream audience comments will only be accepted in written electronic form, not verbally. A recording of the livestream presentation will be posted on the project webpage and INDOT YouTube page after the hearing and will be available for at least 90 days.
All verbal statements recorded during the public hearing and all written comments submitted prior to, during and for a period of two weeks following the hearing date, will be evaluated, considered, and addressed in subsequent environmental documentation.
Written comments may be submitted within the comment period to Nick Batta, CMT, 8790 Purdue Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268; or sent via email to SR32HamiltonCounty@cmtengr.com.
INDOT respectfully requests comments be submitted by June 26.
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